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PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

-- 2018-04-13 16:45:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former general secretary of Narsingdi Awami League and valiant Freedom Fighter Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan. In a con...

PM’s announcement on quota system   

PM’s announcement on quota system  

-- 2018-04-12 22:26:07

Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina's announcement in parliament on Wednesday on abolition of the quota system for recruitment in public service comes as a great relief to all. Students have been demanding a...

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

-- 2018-04-12 16:20:27

BNP has alleged that there is a trick in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's announcement for quota abolition in public service as she did it out of her anger. "The Prime Minister's announcement for the a...

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

-- 2018-04-12 13:18:08

Fatema Amin, mother of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, died at a Dhaka hospital on Thursday noon. She was 92. Fatema who had long been suffering from various old age complications,...

Mitigating waterlogging problem of port city

Mitigating waterlogging problem of port city

-- 2018-04-11 22:49:51

If and when completed, the project which was launched on Tuesday in Chattogram, will mitigate the severe waterlogging problem of the port city. This will provide the city dwellers a great relief. Exec...

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

-- 2018-04-11 21:42:48

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has described the Prime Minister's announcement to abolish the quota system in public service in the face of a students' movement as people's 'victory'.  "The Prim...

Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

-- 2018-04-11 00:35:24

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said the politics of blind hatred has infiltrated the job quota reform demonstrators, reports bdnews24.com. "On the night of Operation Searchlight o...

Dhaka-Chattogram highway repair so soon!

Dhaka-Chattogram highway repair so soon!

-- 2018-04-10 22:27:37

Reports of road repairs at staggering amounts just one year after its construction are too intriguing to explain. The Dhaka-Chattogram four lane highway - the 192-kilometre long vital artery between t...

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

-- 2018-04-10 18:53:43

The BNP has alleged that 'government agents' carried out the attack on the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor (VC) to divert the quota-reform movement to a different direction. "General st...

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-04-10 14:14:09

A Cumilla court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Chouddagram upazila that left eight people dead. Senior Jud...

Research at universities   

Research at universities  

-- 2018-04-09 22:28:03

That the allocation for research at the University of Dhaka (DU) is less than 1.0 per cent is dismal indeed. But still more pathetic is the fact that even the meagre allocation remains unutilised. And...

Beefing up FDI inflow   

Beefing up FDI inflow  

-- 2018-04-08 22:11:33

The problem of inadequate inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) was identified long ago and enough remedies too were suggested from time to time. But no notable improvement in the situation has ye...

SME advisory centres   

SME advisory centres  

-- 2018-04-07 22:07:24

The prime minister's announcement on setting up advisory centres for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in all districts and upazilas in the country augurs well for this particular type of industry....

Khaleda's treatment as per jail code: Quader

Khaleda's treatment as per jail code: Quader

-- 2018-04-07 16:44:41

Awami League General Obaidul Quader has said the government will take necessary steps for the treatment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia as per the jail code. "She has been given medical treatmen...

Khaleda needs release from jail for better treatment: Moudud

Khaleda needs release from jail for better treatment: Moudud

-- 2018-04-07 16:40:56

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said he has no confidence over the government-provided treatment to Khaleda Zia. He demanded Khaleda's immediate release so that she could receive better treatment, report...

Rivals hack BNP leader to death in Chuadanga

Rivals hack BNP leader to death in Chuadanga

-- 2018-04-07 13:57:37

A local BNP leader was hacked to death by rivals at Jugirhuda village in Alamdanga upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Helalul Islam Helal, son of Eldil Biswas. Helal was vice...

How to deal with coaching centres   

How to deal with coaching centres  

-- 2018-04-06 22:07:50

Coaching centres in many places of the country are reportedly running as usual, defying the government order to close their operations from March 29 until the end of the Higher Secondary Certificate a...

BNP becomes self-confessed corrupt party: Obaidul Quader

BNP becomes self-confessed corrupt party: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-04-06 21:18:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed that the BNP has become a 'self-confessed corrupt party' through changing its constitution. "They changed the section 7 of the party constitu...

Protecting women migrants from abuse   

Protecting women migrants from abuse  

-- 2018-04-05 22:32:14

The suggestion made by participants in a national dialogue on 'Policies addressing labour and mobility' for exploration of caregivers' job in order to curtail female migrants' abuse sounds very simpli...

BCL nat'l council on May 11-12

BCL nat'l council on May 11-12

-- 2018-04-05 21:10:45

The two-day 29th national council of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will be held on May 11-12 next. Before the national council, its Dhaka south city, north city and Dhaka University units' councils...

Police recover hanging body of BCL leader

Police recover hanging body of BCL leader

-- 2018-04-05 10:37:52

Police recovered the hanging body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader from his house near Satpai Eye Hospital in Netrokona city on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Adnan Khan...

How to celebrate the National Film Day

How to celebrate the National Film Day

-- 2018-04-04 21:39:33

Observance of the National Film Day could be salubrious enough but for the moribund state of the film industry in the country. When cinemas are churning out record number of films -- commercial, block...

PM asks Mohila Sramik League leaders to work together

PM asks Mohila Sramik League leaders to work together

-- 2018-04-04 18:33:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the leaders of Mohila Sramik League to work together to further strengthen the organisation. The Prime Minister gave the directives while delivering...

India turns focus on Dhaka as Bangladesh gears up for elections

India turns focus on Dhaka as Bangladesh gears up for elections

-- 2018-04-04 12:35:38

NEW DELHI: With elections looming in Bangladesh, Dhaka has taken centre-stage in India's neighbourhood strategy. While national security adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Bangladesh last week to partic...

DWASA's preparedness for water-logging problem   

DWASA's preparedness for water-logging problem  

-- 2018-04-03 22:11:27

With the monsoon lurking round the corner, the issue of water-logging has, quite expectedly come to the fore, again, for public discussions. The Dhakaites are more worried than any time before as the...

Gayeshwar released on bail

Gayeshwar released on bail

-- 2018-04-03 20:38:00

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, over three months after his arrest. He walked out of the Keraniganj Central Jail around 7:00pm after the...

BNP to sell nomination forms Thursday for Khulna, Gazipur polls

BNP to sell nomination forms Thursday for Khulna, Gazipur polls

-- 2018-04-03 20:34:42

BNP will sell nomination forms on Thursday among people willing to contest the upcoming elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations with its tickets. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Ka...

Woeful state of public service   

Woeful state of public service  

-- 2018-04-02 22:12:57

A two-day conference on 'Inclusive and gender responsive public services: Reality, challenges and opportunities' organised jointly last week by the Brac Institute of Governance and Development, Action...

BNP accuses AL of ‘monopolising’ corruption   

BNP accuses AL of ‘monopolising’ corruption   

-- 2018-04-02 18:48:52

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday alleged state-sponsored corruption is now taking place in Bangladesh as the ruling party men made it their 'monopoly'. Speaking at a discussio...

PM making ‘mockery’ with people: Rizvi

PM making ‘mockery’ with people: Rizvi

-- 2018-04-02 16:59:33

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is making 'mockery' with people by seeking vote for her party after 'snatching' voting right. The BNP le...